Leighton Buzzard Observer - Entertainment Feed

Matt Adcock’s film review: The Great Gatsby

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:19:08 GMT

“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past….”

Haunting fairytale show explores what happens after the happily ever after

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:11 GMT

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a haunting but magical treat.

Leighton-Linslade muscian plays to home crowd

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:02:40 GMT

A Bedfordshire blues band who are currently touring the UK to promote their new single are gearing up for a special performance in the town.

Birdsong (review)

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:13:07 GMT

The horrors of trench warfare are brought graphically to life in Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks’ harrowing WW1 drama about love and death, that opened at the Royal & Derngate last night.

Matt Adcock’s film review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:59:02 GMT

“You think your world is safe? It is an illusion. A comforting lie told to protect you. Enjoy these final moments of peace. For I have returned, to have my vengeance!”

Break The Floorboards (review)

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:59:02 GMT

It’s an old trick casting a prodigiously talented dancer and then giving him a storyline in which he goes from clod-hoppingly bad to discovering a remarkable ability.

Teechers (review)

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:16:58 GMT

It felt like I was back at school when I took a seat in the auditorium at The Grove Theatre last night for Teechers, John Godber’s anarchic comedy about the staff and students at a local “inadequate” comp.

Alan Dee’s movie preview: The Great Gatsby, Fast & Furious 6

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:38:32 GMT

Yes, I know, I know – it’s a dream team, isn’t it?

Putting the Vale on the murder map

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:35:29 GMT

If you thought the relative peace of Aylesbury Vale was an unlikely setting for a series of grisly murders, then think again.

From slum to Sainthood at MK Theatre

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:44:11 GMT

Some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre will be rousing audiences at Milton Keynes Theatre from Monday when Evita opens.

Cafe expo for Wing artist

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:56:57 GMT

A selection of paintings by Wing artist, Andy Bailey will be on show at Barista cafe in Market Square, Leighton from Friday.

All Saint’s organ recital

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:32:28 GMT

The next organ recital at All Saint’s Church takes place at the venue this Saturday at 8pm.

Murder and mayhem in Wing

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:20:41 GMT

Wing Players celebrate 25 years of drama with the comedy thriller Mind Over Manor.

Comedy double bill heads to the Grove

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:37:55 GMT

Get a taste of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Grove Theatre with two of the next big hits on the comedy circuit.

Cads prescribe GP murder thriller

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:19:00 GMT

Cheddington Amateur Dramatics Society - or CADS - next play will be Prescription for Murder by Norman Robbins.

Charley’s Aunt is rather nutty!

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:50:38 GMT

Brandon Thomas’s Charley’s Aunt comes to Stantonbury Campus Theatre on May 25 for one performance.

Break The Floorboards Bollywood style

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:46:19 GMT

Break The Floorboards is a new dance comedy drama from Rifco Arts and Watford Palace Theatre that is a little like Billy Elliot Bollywood-style.

A Horse with no name

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:38:46 GMT

Tring Festival Company is still struggling to recruit an ethnic actor to play the part of Horse in a production of raunchy stage show The Full Monty.

Birds of a Feather flock to Aylesbury’s Waterside

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:01:21 GMT

Those original Essex girls, Sharon and Tracey, have been away from the small screen for far too long. So welcome back Birds of A Feather to the stage.

Wartime romance with Birdsong

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:49:44 GMT

An exciting, new adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ acclaimed novel Birdsong comes to Northampton’s Royal & Derngate, from Monday as part an nation-wide tour. A dynamic cast of 12 shape Faulks’ much loved wartime epic into an intimate story of love and sacrifice, set against the backdrop of the Western Front.